-OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT.

_ Here is a wonderful sight; men with flames of fire
on their heads, and yet they are not burned. The Lord.
did it to show the people that these-disciples had received -
a special gift of his Spirit. I don’t know as I can make
you understand this, children, but if you will listen, I will
try.

One day, a little while before Jesus went back to
heaven, his disciples were feeling very sad, because he
was going away. So Jesus promised them that he would
send his Spirit, who should stay with them. By this, he
meant that while they could not see him with their eyes,
they should feel: his presence in their hearts, and so they
would know that he was truly with them. You know
when you are in the dark, and cannot see mamma, if
you only hear her voice, you are just as sure she is with
vou as though you could see her.

Jesus wanted his disciples to know that he would be
with them, to give them power to do the work he had
told them to do, although they could not see him. Jesus
told them to wait in a certain place, in prayer, until they
should receive this gift of his Spirit upon them.. They
waited ten days, when the Spirit came, and they were so